How To Install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 is NetworkManager VPN plugin for libreswan - GNOME files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64

This package contains software for integrating VPN capabilities with the libreswan server with NetworkManager (GNOME files).

We can use yum to install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64.

Install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64

NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-libreswan-service.name
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-libreswan-properties.so
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-libreswan-editor.so
/usr/libexec/nm-libreswan-auth-dialog
/usr/share/appdata/network-manager-libreswan.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/gnome-vpn-properties/libreswan
/usr/share/gnome-vpn-properties/libreswan/nm-libreswan-dialog.ui

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-libreswan-gnome.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.